Coin-mailing envelop.



P. I. McCABE. COIN MAILING ENVELOP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1914.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER I. McCABE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES ENVELOPE COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

COIN-MAILING ENVELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. PETER I. MCCABE, a citizen of the United States. residing at Hartford. in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut. have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin-Mailing Envelops. of which the following. together with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of envelops in which provision is made for the transmission through the mails of a coin. and it is an object of the invention to provide an envelop of this type which is easy of manufacture and efficient and safe in use.

The invention contemplates the provision of a supplemental pocket for retaining the coin, which is separate and distinct from the main or letter retaining pocket of the envelop, and which is conveniently formed on the back of the envelop by a preferably integral extension of one or the other of the flaps constituting said back.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention. Figure 1 is a plan view of the rear side of an envelop illustrating my invention and showing a coin retained within the supplemental pocket. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the pocket forming element thereof folded back. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the envelop shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention. and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another modified form of my invention.

Like reference characters refer to similar parts in the different figures.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 there is shown an envelop formed from a blank of ordinary shape.

having end flaps 1 and 2. a seal flap 3 and abottom flap 4 extending from the body por tion thereof. The bottom flap 4 is provided with an extension 5, preferably integral therewith. which constitutes the pocket forming element adapted to retain the coin between it and the back of the envelop. In the manufacture of an envelopfrom a blank of the above described shape, the seal flap 3 is 'gummed, as shown at 6, in the usual manner, and the extension 5 of the bottom flap is similarly gummed on its free edges, as shown at 7 the two gummed portions being permitted to dry thoroughly before the blank is passed through the envelop machine. The latter gums the edges of the end flaps ,to form the center seam and also gums the back flap proper below the extension 5, folding the said back flap over upon the folded-in end flaps to make the back of the envelop, in the well known manner. The extension 5 is thereby left free, as shown in Fig. 3. In the use of the envelop the gummed portion 7 is moistened and the coin is placed against the back of the envelop substantially in the center thereof. When the extension is pressed down against the back of the envelop,a closed pocket for the coin is thereby formed, owin to the adherence of the moistened gum I to the back of the envelop. The seal flap 3 is then secured in the usual manner, completely covering said pocket. and at the same time forming a closure for the main portion of the envelop.

In the form shown in Fig. 4:, the. blank is made with a long end flap 8 and a short end flap 9, whereby the seam between said end flaps is disposed at one side of the center of the completed envelop. The end flap 8, which folds over flap 9, has an extension 10, preferably integral therewith which, in the present instance, constitutes the pocket forming element. The free edges of said extension and the edges of the seal flap are gummed, as shown at 11 and 12 respectively, and the gum is allowed to dry before the blank is folded by the machine. When so folded in the usual manner, with the bottom flap 4 overlapping and secured to the end flaps 8 and 9, the extension 10 is left free,

as shown in Fig. 4, to be moistened and pressed down upon a coin to form a closed pocket therefor, which is adapted to be covered by the seal flap when the envelop is sealed.

The envelop shown in Fig. 5 is of the type in which the'bottom flap 13 is substantially co-extensive with the body of the envelop, forming in effect a back flap, the end flaps 14. and 15 being folded over the same to form the main portion of the envelop. The blank from which the envelop is made is formed with a portion 16 extending from the longitudinal edge of the back flap '13. In the manufacture of envelops from these blanks, the edges of the seal flap 3 are gummed, as shown at 17, in the usual manno! and allowed to dry. Thereafter, the

ree edges of the extension 16 are gummed on the reverse side, as shown at 18, and allowed to dry. The blank is then. passed through the envelop machine which gums the edges of the end flaps 14 and. 15 and folds the latter over the folded-in'back flap in the usual manner. At the same operation the'extension 16 of the back flap 13 is folded over upon the back flap, together with the seal flap, both of said flaps having their outer ends free. The coin to be mailed is placed against the back flap, at the center thereof, and the gumrned edges 17 of the extension 16 are moistened and pressed down around the coin, forming-a closed pocket therefor over which the seal flap is folded when the envelop is to be sent through the mails.

In each of the-three forms above described, the coin pocket is formed in the center of the envelop, thereby balancing the envelop and eliminating the possibility of ready detection of the presence of the coin, as would be the case if the coin were confined at one corner or along one edge of the envelop. Furthermore, in each instance the envelop is rendered easy and convenient of manufacture due to the fact that the pocket forming element is constituted by an extension of one of the flaps forming the back of the envelop. Also in each instance the said pocket is formed by securing the free edges of said extension to the material forming the back of the envelop and in each instance said pocket, with its inclosed coin, is entirely covered by the seal flap when the envelop is ready for mailing.

I claim,

1. As a new article of manufacture, an envelop made from a blank having end and bottom flaps, the end and bottom flaps being attached to each other to form a back for the main pocket of the envelop, one of said flaps forming said back having a free extension adapted to lie against said back. with its edges gummcd for attachment to said back to form a supplemental pocket, and a seal flap on said blank for closing the main pocket and covering the supplemental pocket.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an envelop made from a blank having end and bottom flaps. with the end flaps overlapping and the bottom flap folded over said overlapping end fiaps to form a back for the main pocket of the envelop, one of said llaps forming said, back having a free extension adapted to lie against said back, with its edges gunnned for attachment to said back to form a supplemental pocket, and a seal flap on said blank for closing the main pocket and covering the supplemental pocket.

Dated this nineteenth day of May, 1914;.

PETER I. M'CCABE.

'itnesses:

J. F. Anne, R. E. SIIAILER. 

